SIR - In response to the letter What happened to steam engine Victoria, T&A Thursday April 30, by Mr B A Barraclough.

The locomotive was allocated to Low Moor shed (56F) during the latter days of its life circa 1966, before steam ceased on British Railways in August 1968.

It was one of the former LMS Jubilee class locomotives designed by Sir William A Stanier and several of the class were named after places in the Commonwealth, hence Victoria from the Canadian province.

It had been cascaded down from former sheds it was allocated to, and saw service on rail tours which were popular as steam was being phased out.

It was scrapped and both nameplates are in private collections. A sister locomotive Bahamas is preserved and normally based on the Keighley Worth Valley Railway although it is currently undergoing restoration in Birmingham.

The best source of information answering several questions which Mr Barraclough asks is the website Lost Railways of West Yorkshire and I would also recommend my own Facebook pages The Queensbury Lines which contains images of Bradford Exchange station.

As a final note, I know of two former Low Moor firemen who have passed away in the last couple of years, and I doubt if there are many men with experience of working at Low Moor shed remaining.

Mark Neale, Oxford Road, Queensbury